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Higher ed's dubious deal with prison health care

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KENA BETANCUR // AFP via Getty Images Higher ed’s dubious deal with prison health care By January 2018, Tremayne Durham had been in New Jersey State Prison in Trenton for nearly a decade. Being locked up corrodes a person’s health, and Durham was no exception. He was diagnosed with lumbar stenosis—a narrowing of the spinal canal—and received steroid injections. His doctor prescribed him a walking cane in November 2019. When COVID hit in March 20…

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Higher ed's dubious deal with prison health care

Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Chronicle of Higher Education investigate university-run prison health care systems in Texas, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

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